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About
NRCWA
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The
Working Group in Agricultural Research and Education
constituted by the Planning commission for the formulation of
the eight five Year Plan (1992-97) recommended to establish a
National Research Centre for Women in Agriculture (NRCWA)
during the Eighth Five Year Plan.
The
Indian Council of Agricultural Research established the NRCWA
in the month of April 1996 at Bhubaneswar and a sub-centre at
Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal (M.P.)
during VIII Five Year Plan.
Its actual functioning started in 1998 with joining of
regular staff.
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Mandate |
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To identify gender issues and test appropriateness of available
farm-technologies/ programmes / policies with women
perspective for promoting gender mainstreaming in research and
extension for empowerment of farmwomen and capacity building
of scientists, planners and policy makers to respond to the
needs of the farm women.
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Objectives | |
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To create a database on gender specific information about
men’s and women’s role in food production and agriculture
development for effecting technologies, programmes and
policies.
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To test the appropriateness of farm technologies and
programmes and policies in terms of gender sensitivity in
collaboration with relevant national and international
organizations and suggest suitable modifications.
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To develop drudgery reducing options for decreasing the
workload and increasing the efficiency of women.
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To develop gender sensitive modules and methodologies for
transfer of technology.
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To develop gender sensitive training modules and materials
and impart training for capacity building of scientists,
researchers, planners and policy makers for gender
mainstreaming and practical application of gender related
technologies.
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To develop and publish gender sensitive
materials, create network linkage through journals and
information sharing.
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Activities |
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Documenting gender issues, roles
and relations in diverse contexts and situations in the
country including varying agro-climatic zones, farming systems
and socio-cultural setting through collaborative research.
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Initiation
of collaborative process for setting up research directions
and themes. Major
themes of research, extension and training will include
extensive studies on situation of women agricultural labourers,
gender wage differentials and its causes, occupational health
hazards, structural causes of women’s inequality, resource
constraints, land rights, production and post-harvest
technologies, agri-business and agri-processing, contribution
of women in animal husbandry, pisci-culture, horticulture,
fishery. Studies on the role, experience and knowledge of
women in management of genetic resources, bio-diversity and
natural resources.
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Setting
up information base on rural women’s economic and social
status (analysis and trends), productive and reproductive
labour, time use, responsibility sharing and access to and
control of resources.
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Developing
methods for the quantitative measurement of unremunerated work
that is outside the system of National Accounts, such as
caring for dependants and preparing food, for possible
inclusion in satellite or other official accounts that may be
produced separately from the National Accounts. Develop an
international classification of unremunerated work activities
for measurement in time use studies (Developing database on
gender roles in agriculture).
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Producing
analysis, cross-referencing qualitative data (from case
studies, surveys and research) with quantitative data
(produced by statitistical systems), to gain a better
understanding of strategies affecting rural women, and their
potential for change.
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